Six people were reported injured overnight in a rocket attack from Gaza and Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes. Israel also shut down border checkpoints and imposed more restrictions on fishing off the Gaza coast in response.

Source: Israel conducts airstrikes, shuts down checkpoints in retaliation for rocket fire from Gaza — RT World News

Source: Israeli Military Order 1797 Authorizes Ethnic Cleansing, Demolition of Palestinian Homes – Global ResearchGlobal Research – Centre for Research on Globalization

Source: Can Russia Successfully Mediate the Israel-Palestine Peace Process? | IPCS

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to allow the Palestinians to act more like a full UN member state during meetings in 2019 when they will chair the group of 77 developing nations.

Source: United Nations General Assembly votes to allow Palestinians to act more like full member state | CBC News

This isn’t the first time Israel has denied entry to a prospective student, but Lara Alqasem is the first to challenge it—a move that could force the state to define who, exactly, counts as a supporter of BDS.

Source: Israel Detained This Palestinian-American Student—Now She’s Challenging the State in Court

17 October 2018 The Jordanian government has taken steps to aid Arabs living in Jerusalem and to bolster the civil defense guards at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Wasfi Kilani, director of the Hashemite Fund for Al-Aqsa Mosque, told Arab News that the actions come as part of a combined effort to support Palestinian Jerusalemites. “With instructions from…

Source: Jordan takes new measures to assist Jerusalemite Palestinians and al-Aqsa

Source: Turkey’s Erdogan Is All Over East Jerusalem – Bloomberg